Coicilors concerned about Lasco dump sit.e 'TURTLE' Taylor, vice principal of Rabbitt' narrowly beat the tortoise COLi..-Farewell publiceachool, got in 1 a reoent race at the. shool to plenty of encouragement but tis prornote yearbook sale&. Urne the rabbit, principal Uoduer 01.1. BovI.-Fre. P1. photo ufle MO 5fl2Jours Man surrenders'to police after standof thome SBy Scott Lamure A Whitby an barricaded hlmn- seIf ite Iis house and kept police at. bay for five and a haif h on Mondav. Police were caled te a home at 58 Thickson Rd. N., at 7:21 p.. ta settie a faimily quarrel bet- ween, a husband and wife. The husband was threatening to Increase in arson incidents in 1989 By Scott Laurie The Whitby tire chefs annual report presented Monday niglit ta Town operations- committee indicated that there was a mar- ked increase in the number of amsn-related ire in Whitby in 1989. j The report stated that five of the 24 major ires in 1989 were caused by arson. Further, 15 of the lires causing damage below $,10,000 were aron- an-- or mis- chevous-related. J Deputy lire chef Tony Van Doleweerd feels it is a major problem ' and stated that tne SlctrGeneral for Canada should impose more severe penalties ta thwart the problem. When asked by councillor Joe Bugello tergon compares witlthe rest of the province, Van Doleweerd said, "The pro- vincial average lias cauglit up with us." The total number of responses by the lire department increased from 2 825 in 1988 te 3,957 in 1989. 1he. growtli factor within the Town is a major contributar ta this increase, the report States. The lire boss in 1989 was S2,225,950, an increase of 1,622,665 com pared ta 1988. The Cullen Gardens restaurant lire, .witliaa bas of '$1-million, was a major factor mi the 1989 lire, loss total. Without the Cul- len lfire, the Town StI suffered an increase of $622,665 ln ire logs. shoot his wife and son. Eventually the wife and son left the press but the man reMaine inside. Tactical sup- Port was called in and police remained in contact with the Man over the phone. Det. Tom Chambers held neqo- tiations for a haif an hour with the, 30-year-old man who ther. suspended talks for two and, a At 12:55 a.m., Tuesday morn- ing, the man flnally surrendered ta police. Ammunition and four rifles found in the home were seized by the police. Gilles Dig-. nard was charged with threatenî- ing deatli. After disagreement over whether or not ta request that. an environmhental assossment hear- ing be held for Lasco's proposed teqmporary'duxnmp site Town plan-' ning committee dciâon ,Mon- day te pstpne a recommenda- tion and further study the mat- ter. Lake Ontario Steel Co. (Lasco) alied iii November ta the Mmir of Environment for cor- tiiation- of a temporary waste disposai site. Shredder waste material would be temporarily stored at the site since- the test berm, begun,. more, than two years ago, in expected. ta ec apiythis.month. Tetemorar site is execd teh besedfor 18 months, the duration -of time -projected ta complté, theeni netal assessment (EA) process on the test berm. The ministry's regional direc- tor concluded that an EA hearing is not necessary for the tempor- ary dump, and he circulated the appli.ca.ion ta the Town and Region for commente on lus con- clusion.-, Town 1ann staff recom- mended &at the Town have no obj*ection ta waiving the need for a earing. However, staff also recommen- ded- that adequate- financial assurances b. made for the tem- po yw ast sorg f .iiy tat considération b given t relocating the temporary site se that it is contiguous witli the demonstrating berm, and that there is adequate accessa-for fire or other emergency vehicles. On Monday niglit, councillor Joe Drumm disagreed with the ministry's regional director's con- clusion. Drumma id'the tempor- ary, site should aise b. subjeet ta an environmental hearing. SCouncillor Dennis Fox said ho had concerns about the tempor- ary site, adding that lie felt the test berm waï "inadeqluat;e." Hie said the Town s-hould -have assurances, that the leachate from* tfie berm is s ale. "Aýnyting -I read from the ministry doesn't give me that as surance " said Fox, who said more in1ormation should be required about the temporary dump. «I personally believe there will be environmental problems down there,» he said, asking for "liard facts, figures" and "a report that says it's 100 per cent safe.» Councillor Ross Batten, com- mittee- chairmnan, said that failure to waive the'need for a hearing could «close down Lasco steel. » Planning director Bob Short said Drunm's recommen- dation would negate that made 4y. planning staff and would "ýcompletely paralyze them <Lasco).» «Can Lac roceed without our direction?" o asked Short. Short replied that the regional director can decide whether or. not Lasco can proceed. "Wil he wait for the Town response? I don't know,» said Short. Drumm then suggested a post- ponement to obtain more infor- mation. A motion was passed ta aanconsider the m atter in two wees. r Electronie parking meters See page 2 Teachers' contraet resumne Sepage 25 Àm